Back in the good old days, ferrets and other small furry, critters (Yosemite Sam would call them varmints) only carried rabies and possibly a few other minor diseases. Now it looks like they’ve whipped out the big guns. AIDS carrying ferrets are hiding under every rock, behind every tree and possibly in your grandparents basement. Please beware of the ferret menace they will be our down fall, if the chihuahuas don’t get us first.

Regarding the general issue of Satanism-related discussions on the Internet: I just caught myself paying a bit too much attention to a mildly disgruntled Church of Satan member on YouTube. He says he's been a member for 15 years, but has issues with certain aspects of the Church of Satan, all of which I find to be very misguided. Seeing that he had nearly 10,000 views for a particular video, I made a couple of comments to clear up inaccuracies.

All of this only took a few minutes of my time, but I have learned through other videos that this guy just doesn't get it. Needless to say, his viewers are usually much worse.

I usually leave these types alone, but thought that this member, who does say some of the right things, might be worth a brief exchange. As it turns out, he's just a rare type of Intellectual Black Hole.

I've learned my lesson from this rare attempt to share the facts where they're not exactly welcome.

At this point, most of the people who need to know the truth already know it. I'm glad that we have a Priesthood that takes time to handle any worthwhile issues.

I'm also glad that you're having fun with these dim bulbs. Thanks for sharing those funny exchanges, and for bringing up this topic to begin with. It's all too relevant!

“When Satan offers the brimming cup of life and happiness, in all this world of fasting mankind, is there one being of sanity strong enough, where sanity is so rare, to receive all this without giddiness, without intoxication, without a risk of losing self control?” -Jules Michelet

a mildly disgruntled Church of Satan member on YouTube. He says he's been a member for 15 years, but has issues with certain aspects of the Church of Satan, all of which I find to be very misguided.

I don't get the idea of a "mildly disgruntled Church of Satan member". If being a CoS member isn't pleasurable, why be one? If they have issues worth complaining about, why subject themselves to it at all? Even if they're not misguided, even if every gripe is legit, why bother unless the good outweighs the bad?